Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER PLAN (BAFFLE CREEK BASIN) 2010 - REG 11

11 General outcomes

Each of the following is a general outcome for water in the plan area—

(a) to provide for the use of all existing water entitlements and other authorisations to take or interfere with water;

(b) to provide for the continued use of all existing overland flow works;

(c) to make water available to support—

(i) population growth in towns and communities dependent on surface water resources in the plan area; and

(ii) growth in industries, including agriculture and aquaculture, dependent on surface water resources in the plan area; and

(iii) stock or domestic purposes in the plan area;

(d) to maintain flows that support water related aesthetic, economic and recreational values in the plan area, including, for example, tourism;

(e) to support, as far as practicable, surface water and groundwater interactions;

(f) to encourage continual improvement in the efficient use of water;

(g) to support water-related cultural values in the plan area, including the values of the traditional owners of the plan area.